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William Robinson

Born

in Ireland

July 05, 1838

Died

May 17, 1935

Genre

Gardening

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William Robinson was an Irish practical gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that evolved into the natural garden, a parallel to the search for honest simplicity and vernacular style of the British Arts and Crafts movement.
He emigrated from Ireland at a young age and was rapidly welcomed into the top echelons of British horticulture and botany. By 1866 he was a Fellow in the Linnean Society, sponsored by his friend Charles Darwin. Already an expert on the flora of the British Isles, Robinson travelled the breadth of North America by train in 1870, observing regional habitats and forging l ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 148 ratings · 18 reviews · 169 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wild Garden by William Robinson, Rick Darke 4.06 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1880 — 143 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The English Flower Garden by William Robinson, Henry Mitchell (Foreword), Deborah Nevins (Introduction) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1883 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mushroom Culture really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garden Design and Architects' Gardens 2.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alpine Flowers for English Gardens 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden Beautiful: Home Woods and Home Landscape it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cremation and Urn-Burial; Or, the Cemeteries of the Future really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1883 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Virgin's Bower, Clematis: Climbing Kinds And Their Culture At Gravetye Manor (1912) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gleanings From French Gardens: Comprising an Account of Such Features of French Horticulture as Are Most Worthy of Adoption in British Gardens 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1868 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alpine flowers for gardens; rock, wall, marsh plants, and mountain shrubs 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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